The 12th International Conference on communication software and networks (ICCSN 2020) was successfully held from June 12 to 15, 2020. The conference was supported by IEEE and IEEE communications society. Chongqing Institute of electronics, Journal Office of Chongqing University of Posts and telecommunications, 54th Key Laboratory of communication network information transmission and distribution technology of China Electronic Science and technology group, and Sichuan Electronic Society were co-organizers.

This year, under the impact of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in order to resolutely implement the spirit of the general secretary Xi Jinping's important speech on epidemic prevention and control and to consolidate the hard-won achievements in epidemic prevention and control, the conference committee decided to turn the current session into online conference after deliberately considering the relevant policies and the travel risks of participants. The conference attracted participants from the United States, Australia, the United Kingdom, Philippines, Chinese mainland and Taiwan. The theme of the conference focused on communication software and network, and this conference set up a high-level international platform for experts, scholars and professional technicians engaged in the research of related technology.

The opening ceremony was presided over by Associate Professor Yu Yantao. Professor Liu Min, vice president of our college, delivered a welcoming speech at the opening ceremony on behalf of the school and the college. She firstly expressed her sincere welcome and greetings to the participants, introduced the history and advantages of Chongqing University, and wished the conference a complete success. Professor Jalel Ben Othman, from the 13th University of Paris, France, delivered the opening speech.

Welcoming speech by Professor Liu Min of the college

Opening speech by Professor Jalel Ben Othman of the 13th University of Paris, France

IEEE fellow, Professor Xi Zhang from Texas A & M University, IEEE fellow, Prof. Teng Joon Lim from Sydney University, and IEEE fellow, Professor Qi Zhongyong from National Tsinghua University of Taiwan were invited to make special reports on the latest progress of relevant research and application, to make in-depth exchanges and to share research results. The representatives at the meeting spoke highly of the reports. Professor Guo Yantao from Key Laboratory of information transmission and distribution technology of communication network of the 54th Institute of China Electronics Technology group, Professor Koichi Asatani (IEEE&IEICE Fellow) from Shanghai University, Professor Yang Shuanghua (IET Fellow) from Southern University of Science and Technology, and Professor Shi Rong from Key Laboratory of Electronic Information Controlattended the opening ceremony.

KeyNote Speech

During the discussion session from June 13 to 15, the conference set up 8 sub venues. The participants had in-depth communication and shared research findings on optical communication system and technology, wireless transmission theory and technology, mobile communication and data network, computer network and information communication, communication principle and technology, information network and security, image and signal processing, computer science and information engineering etc.. Chen Zhengchuan, Chen Chen and Zhang Lei, as the chairmen of the branch, presided over the group discussion in the afternoon. All employment report papers will be published by IEEE and submitted to Scopus and EI core search.

Zhang Lei, Chen Zhengchuan and Chen Chen presided over the discussion session

Even if we are now facing all the difficulties caused by the COVID-19 epidemic, after every storm the sun will smile. We are sincerely looking forward to seeing you next year!